Franziska Ebner and Romana Hasenoehrl take you on a detailed visual and texted based journey through the chapter and verse of the natural dyeing world. Prepare to rethink the items around you; from red cabbage to bark – what will you try to dye with?
Welcome to another Tooled Up column where we aim to give you reviews of fun products from all over the crafty world. Today we review some Italian hand dyed threads by Romy’s Creations.
Textile Artist Christine Cunningham celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD) with the ‘SEX KITTEN’ series, a collection of A3 panels exposing the derogatory names given to women because of their sexual independence. Names are based upon my own personal experience. Created from recycled materials with beautiful print embellished in beads and sequins, capturing the essence of a woman’s beauty. Explore how to create a panel using traditional techniques, choosing recycled fabrics, embellishing vintage and modern prints, celebrating bold and subtle colour, using beads and sequins to enhance.
Liam Kane, aka StitchedLime, is a male embroiderer from New York whose cartoonish characters have a strong naive art attitude and are packed with technique and wit. Find out more in this Manbroidery interview at Mr X Stitch!
Jo Burgess explains in her column Craft Rocks how we can make a really personal gift for a friend in the form of recycling, using a pillow case in a quilting project. The technique of paper piecing is explored in order to create this great quilting art gift.
Nashville based mixed-media artist, Deeann Rieves powerfully combines realism and abstraction, working areas of loose free shapes and line with refined careful stitches and dynamic painting.
The Womanhood Collection embraces sexuality and explores the female form with ‘ABSTRACT VAGINA STUDIES’. Ready made pockets can be molded and contoured or new creations machine stitched. Let us explore these versatile 3D sculptures in terms of structure, texture, and colour.
This issue I have decided to let textile artist Jessie Chorley take over my column’s content. Producing ranges of timeless textile pieces, whimsical in nature,
In this issue of Craft Rocks, Jo Burgess gives us the details on Liselot – aka Careless Stitcher. Currently this artist lives in the Netherlands. It was love at first sight as she combines cross stitch brilliance with all things rock. Within this column, read all about her textile art and hobbies.
My Religious Collection is inspired by the classical architecture, stonework and stained glass windows. Using traditional techniques of padded applique and patchwork produce strong textile designs to be adorned in light reflective embellishment. Let us explore how to create a festive window.
Textile artist Anne Kelly has just released a wonderful new book: Textile Travels (check out our recent review here). We thought that this would be
Jo Burgess turns a quick cross stitch into a perfect pin cushion! It’s another Craft Rocks column!